With the expansion and excitement of summer waning, we are all settling back in to home. It’s time to get warm and cozy. It’s time to gather our people around us. Friday October 1st will be our first Medicine Woman Gathering since spring. We are going to make some pies, tell some stories and let [...]
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Fall Gatherings, creating space
Posted in Food As Medicine, Plant Walks on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s our NETTLEVERSARY!
Posted in Experiences of Healing with Herbs, Food As Medicine, Foraging in the Northwest, Plant Walks, Seasonal Herbs, Wildcrafting Tips on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This month’s gathering we returned to the season that first brought us together. A lot has transpired during the last year. We have all been gifted in profound ways and we have all continued to work with the herbs, learn from the planet and provide for each other. It is hard to believe the incredible [...]
Devil’s Club ~ November Gathering
Posted in Foraging in the Northwest, Medicinal Uses of Herbs, Plant Walks, Seasonal Herbs, Wildcrafting Tips on November 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This month our gathering fell on November 1st, the day after Halloween and the day before lunar Samhain. Here, in the Pacific Northwest, there are still yellow leaves clinging to trees, the weather is cool but not yet cold, and the recent rains have made the water in the rivers run high and brown. Samhain [...]
Mushrooms-October Gathering
Posted in Food As Medicine, Foraging in the Northwest, Plant Walks on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
October in the Pacific Northwest is mushroom time. The cooler days and wetter weather often bring large flushes of fungi growth in our forests. This month we organized a foray with local experts and mushroom aficionados Jack Waytz and Buck McAdoo. We arrived at Deception Pass on a beautiful fall day. It was wonderful mix [...]
Berry Lands, the sweetness of summer recounted.
Posted in Plant Walks, Wild Foods, Wildcrafting Tips on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When you live in an area as verdant as I do, it’s easy to keep the calendar by when plants come into bloom and when it is time to harvest all the bounty that surrounds us. Since living here in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve learned that dandelions flush in May, foxgloves bloom in mid June and [...]
September Plant Walk~ A Ramble in the Rain
Posted in Plant Walks on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend brought rain. Rain is a thing that sounds so common in the Pacific Northwest, but this summer, rain has been scarce. I woke to the sound of raindrops on the roof this morning and grey skies that hid the mountain outside. Many people find the rain intolerable but I rejoice in it. I [...]
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